Sherdog’s Jay Pettry zeroes in on four underdogs worth scoping out: an unheralded lightweight contender, a featherweight who packs a wallop, a stone wall of a bantamweight and a hefty heavyweight who can put on quite a pace.
concludes its seemingly never-ending run of shows with a trip back to the UFC Apex on Saturday in Las Vegas and does so with an odd mix of surging and skidding competitors on the lineup. Five different combatants will be coming into this card on three-fight losing streaks, with 10 fighters having dropped at least their last bout. Despite this reality, three of the 11 bouts see a betting favorite above -250, so this event could be prime for some upsets.
The superior technical skills on the feet go in the favor of Fiziev, a former Tiger Muay Thai striking coach. While he and Gamrot share—they also match average cage times of 12:16—Fiziev is the much more active of the two. His high work rate has also been a double-edged sword, as it encourages his foes to throw right back with him with no concern of a takedown mixed in.
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